2023 Illinois Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Illinois paid $20,424 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $1,310 more than the national average. See where that money went.

Illinois
Health $5,602.85
* Includes $4,603.54 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $50.11 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $33.86 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $5,460.43
* Includes $3,974.42 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $3,178.82 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,868.90 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $1,234.35 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $753.87 for Military Personnel
* Includes $753.87 for Military Personnel
* Includes $266.08 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $133.49 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $119.95 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $118.23 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $93.24 for Boeing
* Includes $34.50 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $3.54 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $3,405.07
Unemployment and Labor $1,527.03
* Includes $117.93 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $31.34 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $24.08 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $1,226.03
* Includes $772.19 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $370.10 for K-12 Education
Government $944.46
* Includes $82.33 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $23.85 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $847.05
* Includes $551.92 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $119.85 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $639.32
* Includes $225.58 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $127.52 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $219.68
* Includes $154.16 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $62.09 for Diplomacy
Transportation $197.85
* Includes $26.00 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $24.71 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $184.94
* Includes $50.31 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $15.29 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $11.58 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $169.30
* Includes $100.29 for NASA
* Includes $9.26 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $20,424
US AVERAGE $19,113

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